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PATENTED MAR. 21, 1905. E. G. CLIPT & E. E. WOOSLEY. RAILWAY SWITCH hwyW 7 APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1904.

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E. G. GLIFT & E. E. WOOSLEY. I RAILWAY SWITCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 9, 1904.

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PATENT OFFIcE.

ERNEST e. OLIFT AND EMERY E. WOOSLEY, F MOUNTAINVIEW,

MISSOURI.

RAlL"WAY-SW|TCH SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.785,664, dated March 21, 1905.

Application filed March 9, 1904. $eria1 No. 197,333.

To (LU 11/71/0777, it may concern: V

Be it known that we, ERNEST Gr. CLIFT and EMERY E. WOOSLEY, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Mountainview,in the county of Howell,State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway-Switches; and we do hereby declare the following to be afull,.clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to railway-switchoperating mechanisms; and it hasfor its ob- I ject to provide, in connection with a'main line and asiding, means located partly along the railway and partly upon a car forswinging the switch-rails into position to open or to close the siding,as may be preferred.

A further object of the invention is to provide an arrangement of thischaracter which will be -cheap and easy to install and which will beeificient in its operation.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a top plan view showing a portion of a main line of arailway and a portion of a siding, with means embodying the presentinvention for shifting the switch-rails. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe structure shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing, onan enlarged scale, the actuating mechanism carried by a car. Fig. 4c isa detail perspective view showing the switch-bar with the mechanism thatis connected thereto for operating it manually and from the car.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a portion of a railway,including a main track and a siding. The main track comprises a rail 5and a rail 6, the latter being curved laterally to form one of the rails6 of the siding, so that there is a continuous rail from the main trackinto the siding at one side of the latter. The main track comprises alsoa rail 7 parallel with the rail 5 and which alines with a pivotedswitch-rail 8, which is movable to lie against the inner side of therail 6 or in spaced relation thereto. When the switch rail is againstthe rail,'the siding is closed,

and when in spaced relation to the rail 6 the siding is open. Betweenthe rails 5 and 7 is a crossover-rail 9, which leads from the usual frog10 to a point adjacent to the rail 5, and from this point extends asecond pivoted switch-rail 11, which is movable into and out of positionto lie against the inner face of the rai 5. r

The switch-rails 8 and 11 areeonnected to a switch-bar 12, passedtransversely beneath the -rails 5 and 6, so that when the bar 12 isreciprocated the switch-rails 8 and 11 will alternately lie against theinner faces of their corresponding track-rails or in spaced relationthereto to close and open the siding.

The rails are mounted upon the usual ties 13, between two of which thebar 12 is slidable and upon which are pivoted angularlevers 14: and 15,which are connected at one end with the bar 12, the opposite ends of theangular levers extending away from the track, as illustrated. Asecondangularlever 16 is mounted upon one of the ties 13 adjacent to the bar12 and is connected at one end thereto through the medium of the link orpitman 17, the lever 16 having a handle 18 for operating it.

To open the siding from a car approaching the siding in a directiontorun into it, a rocker 20 is provided, which is pivoted at the outerside of the rail 6 at the lower end of the rocker, and connected to thisrocker ata point above its pivot is a rod 21, which is connected to theouter end of the angular lever 15, the rod 21 passing through suitableguides. As the rocker is moved in one direction the lever is moved toshift the bar 12 and open the siding, and when the rocker is shifted inthe opposite direction the bar 12 is removed to close the siding. Therocker is concaved in its upper edge, so that there are provided twoupwardly-directed arms 22 and 23. Vhen the siding is open, the arm 21projects substantially vertically, and when the siding is closed the arm22 projects substantially vertically.

There is illustrated a car 23 equipped with a mechanism for actuatingthe rocker 20, which mechanism includes a vertical rockshaft 24:, havingat its lower end a laterallydirected arm 25 and at its upper end asecond laterally-directed upper arm 26, which latter is connected bymeans of a pitman 27 with a hand-lever 28, fulcrumed upon the side ofthe car. When the lever 28 is moved in one direction the arm 25 isprojected at right angles to the sides of the car, and when the lever ismoved in the opposite direction said arm is swung into position beneaththe body of the car. When the arm 25 is projected from the side of thecar, it is in position to strike either of the arms 21 and 22, which maybe in the vertical position. If the siding is closed, so that the arm 22projects upwardly, then by swinging the arm 24 out from the side of thecar it will pass over the arm 21 and engaging the curved edge of the arm22 will move the latter, so that the rocker 20 will be rocked in adirection away from the car or in the direc tion of progress of the carand the bar 12 will be moved to swing the switch-tongue 8 away from therail 6 and the switch-tongue 11 against the rail 5, thus opening thesiding. When the train approaches the siding, but does not wish to passinto it, there must be provided some means for insuring that the sidinghas been closed after a previous train has passed into it, and for thispurpose a rocker 30 similar to the rocker 20 is provided and having itsupper edge concaved to form the spaced arms 31 and 32. The rocker 30 isconnected with the rocker 20 by means of a rod 33, which is attached tothe rocker 30 below the pivot of the latter and to the rocker 20 aboveits pivot. If the siding is open, the arm 32 will stand substantiallyvertically and may be engaged by the arm 25 to shift the rocker 30 andswing the switch-rails to close the siding, it being understood that thelever 28 is operated to retract the arm 25 before the rocker 20 isreached.

In order that the train may close the siding after it is passed into thelatter, a rocker 40 is pivoted at its lower end and is connected at apoint above its pivot With the outer end of the angular lever 14 bymeans of a rod 41. The rocker 40 has the arms 42 and 43 formed byconcaving the upper edge of the rocker, and' when the siding is open thearm 43 extends upwardly into position for engagement by theactuating-arm 25 upon the car. When the arm 25 strikes the arm 43, therocker is shifted by pulling on the rod 41, actuating the lever 14 andthe bar 12 to shift the switchrails and close the siding.

When a train is passing in the opposite direction from the siding, thesiding will be opened by contact of the arm 25 with the arm 42, and itwill be closed by contact of the arm 25 with the arm 21 of the rocker20.

It will be understood that in practice modifications of the specificconstruction shown may be made and any suitable materials andproportions may be used for the various parts without departing from thespirit of the invention.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a railway including a maintrack, a siding and movable switchrails, of a rocker having spaced armsand connected with the switch-rails to move them into and out ofposition to open the siding, said arms being positioned to projectalternately one above the other as the switch-rails are moved to openand closed positions, a second rocker having spaced arms and connectedwith the first-named rocker for swinging the latter oppositely toitself, and a third rocker adjacent to the siding and connected with theswitch-rails for shifting the latter oppositely to the first-namedrocker when moved in the same direction, the third rocker having alsoupwardly-directed spaced arms positioned to lie alternately one abovethe other when the rocker is rocked.

2. The combination with a railway including a main track, a siding andmovable switchrails, of a rocker having spaced arms and con nected withthe switch-rails to move them into and out of position to open thesiding, said arms being positioned to project alternately one above the'other as the switch-rails are moved to open and closed positions, asecond rocker having spaced arms and connected with the first-namedrocker for swinging the latter oppositely to itself, and a third rockeradjacent to the siding and connected with the switch-rails for shiftingthe latter oppositely to the first-named rocker when moved in the samedirection, the third rocker having also upwardly-directed spaced armspositioned to lie alternately one above the other when the rocker isrocked, and a car having a rockshaft provided with means for oscillatingit and having an arm disposed for movement with the shaft into positionto engage the arm of the rocker having the greater elevation.

In testimony whereof we aliix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ERNEST G. GLIFT. EMERY E. VVOOSLEY. W'itnesses:

N. A. SKINNER, J. M. GLIcK.

